I m installing some 3 4 pre finished brazilian teak flooring in to a room that previously had carpeting and is adjacent to a room that currently has 3 4 oak flooring with roughly a five foot doorway between the two rooms the carpeted room seems to have 5 8 plywood over the 3 4 floor sheathing.
Floor transition height difference.
With the carpet out there is a 1 8 difference in height between the two rooms.
There is a significant height difference 1 1 2 inches between the new tile in the kitchen and the adjacent hardwood floor.
The leg of the t doesn t touch the floor.
Transition strips do not bottom out.
My contractor said that they had no choice about the height difference.
And yes i don t think any transitions should exceed 1 2 residential or commercial.
The strip is supported on both sides by the lips and held in place with nails.
T molding transition strips have two lips to cover the edges of both surfaces when flooring products differ no more than about 3 8 inch in height.
The difference is that rather than being bolted down or installed directly onto the floor beneath they traditionally install underneath the edge of one of the materials locking into place.
Transition between 2 floors of different heights.
The old one here when i bought the house was no good and i took it out in hopes to fix it but that did not go well.
I can not find an irc reference for this.
He said that they needed to do 2 layers of floating cement in order for the floor to be completely level for the cabinets.